Fluid transients in mercury and mercury-helium flows

Aaron Sawyer; Art Ruggles

doi:10.1115/ht-fed2004-56219

Fluid transients in mercury and mercury-helium flows

Aaron Sawyer, Art Ruggles

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Abstract

Mercury flow is used in chemical and nuclear systems. The sound speed of mercury is similar to that of water, but the density is over an order of magnitude greater, making the consequences of fluid transients like fluid column separation followed by fluid-hammer much more severe in mercury systems than in water systems. Fluid transients in a mercury flow loop are considered and fluid transients in a loop filled with mercury and 0.5% by volume helium bubbles are evaluated. The helium bubbles add compressibility, which helps mitigate consequences of some transients of concern to nuclear applications.

Original language	English
Pages	51-57
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ht-fed2004-56219
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004 - Charlotte, NC, United States Duration: Jul 11 2004 → Jul 15 2004

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Conference	Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004
Country/Territory	United States
City	Charlotte, NC
Period	07/11/04 → 07/15/04

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